Guatemala’s Congress refused to swear in a crusading female judge to the nation’s highest court Tuesday, a move the United States condemned.Gloria Porras won re-election for another five-year term on Guatemala’s constitutional Court, but she has faced constant challenges apparently linked to her rulings on corruption and other cases she has heard.Porras has had 60 complaints filed against her and has faced 13 requests to lift 

Latin America

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Guatemala City

Yahoo News

Reuters

abc News

The Star Kuala Lumpur

The Washington Post

Guatemala's top court refuses to seat female justice

WestJet says it will extend its temporary suspension of international sun flights to destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean until June 4.

WestJet

Americas

North America

CBC News

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Winnipeg Free Press 

The Tico Times

WestJet extends temporary suspension of international sun flights until June

Mexican environmental authorities said Tuesday the Caribbean resort of Tulum has authorized too much development, the latest blow to what was long considered one of Mexico’s most laid-back, easy-going resorts.

Environment

Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico City

680 News

Associated Press News

Mexico's Tulum resort suffers another blow: overdevelopment

Grupo Televisa, Mexico’s largest broadcaster, will combine content with U.S. broadcaster Univision for the creation of a new Spanish-language media company with plans to launch a global streaming platform, Televisa said on Tuesday.

Business

Movies & TV

Washington Times

Mexico's Televisa says to merge content with Univision in new media company

Venezuela's government wants funds frozen in the United States to be put toward paying for coronavirus vaccines and will keep working with the opposition to negotiate this payment, the head of the government-controlled legislature said on Tuesday.

Juan Guaidó

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South America

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Vaccines

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Washington DC

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Today

Venezuela government wants to use funds frozen in the U.S. to pay for vaccines

After Mexico City’s ‘Lady Tacos de Canasta,’ a street vendor featured in a Netflix series, stood up to police who she said harassed her on the street, she decided to take her fight for worker and LGBT rights to a bigger stage.

Entertainment

Celebrity

Netflix

News18 India

Mexican Netflix street vendor star 'Lady Tacos' eyes jump to political stage

Paul Oquist, a U.S.-born academic who became a close adviser to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and drew U.S. financial sanctions has died in the Central American nation of undisclosed causes, the president's office said on Tuesday.

Managua

The Toronto Star

US-born aide to Ortega dies in Nicaragua

Cuba is poised to enter the post-Castro era with Raul Castro due to step down as head of the ruling Communist Party at its congress this week, which will also address the island's severe economic crisis, pandemic response and signs of growing dissent.

Havana, Cuba

Havana

National Post

Cuba to enter post-Castro era at pivotal 2021 party congress

The situation is so dire in Brazil that experts warn its COVID-19 death toll could eventually surpass total deaths from the pandemic in the US.

Jair Bolsonaro

Brasília

The Nation 

Bolsonaro dismisses being labeled 'genocidal' as daily COVID-19 deaths in Brazil top 4,000

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